Yeesh. Sorry to hear about your loss. I was laid off back in 2007 and it wasn't very fun. I hope that this gives you an opportunity to get into something new that you will truly love.<br><br>Chicago Public Library has computers that you can use to check email and stuff...<br>
<br>We will plan on going ahead as usual.<br><br>~Kyle<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Nov 11, 2008 at 10:28 PM, Mike McGonagle <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:mjmogo@gmail.com">mjmogo@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"><div class="Ih2E3d">On Tue, Nov 11, 2008 at 10:22 PM, Hans-Christoph Steiner <<a href="mailto:hans@eds.org">hans@eds.org</a>> wrote:<br>
><br>
> Well that sucks. I am sure there free wifi around Chicago, I am a regular<br>
> user of open wifi nodes, share my own wifi, and encourage others to do the<br>
> same.<br>
<br>
</div>Unfortunately, I have never been able to get my laptop to work with<br>
the WIFI. It is one of the last titanium shelled ones, and the reason<br>
they stopped making them is because the metal case shielded the<br>
signal. I am sure that I will be able to find a connection, just not<br>
one every day.<br>
<br>
So, please let's proceed with this. The time off will actually help me<br>
to focus on getting some stuff done.<br>
<div class="Ih2E3d"><br>
><br>
> Unfortunately, I'll bet we'll be hearing similar stories from a lot of<br>
> people these days.<br>
<br>
</div>Yeah, all the stories I have read in the last month or so, is that we<br>
shouldn't expect things to get better UNTIL they get worse. I can't<br>
imagine that any President who comes into a mess like this would be<br>
able to turn things around that quickly.<br>
<br>
I am not quite certain, but this might be a blessing in disguise. Over<br>
the past 8 years, I have become fairly political, and as such, have<br>
been focusing on the BAD parts of our government... I submitted an<br>
application today, to hopefully work on at least the transition team,<br>
but it would be nice as well to turn it into a real job. It would be<br>
nice to get out of printing, it is one of the more depressed markets,<br>
but that is largely due to technology and such...<br>
<font color="#888888"><br>
Mike<br>
</font><div><div></div><div class="Wj3C7c"><br>
<br>
><br>
> .hc<br>
><br>
> On Nov 11, 2008, at 6:30 PM, Mike McGonagle wrote:<br>
><br>
>> Well, sorry about this, but I am not quite certain exactly how I might<br>
>> stay in contact with everyone, as I just lost my job, and I don't have<br>
>> a connection at home.<br>
>><br>
>><br>
>> Please, lets try to continue with planning this, as I know that the<br>
>> space will still be available, but I am not quite certain how soon I<br>
>> might be able to help in planning.<br>
>><br>
>><br>
>> Mike<br>
>><br>
>><br>
>> On Tue, Nov 11, 2008 at 4:42 PM, Kyle Klipowicz <<a href="mailto:kyleklip@gmail.com">kyleklip@gmail.com</a>><br>
>> wrote:<br>
>>><br>
>>> The flyer looks great, Mike!<br>
>>><br>
>>> I think that building slowly is a good idea, just to keep things<br>
>>> manageable.<br>
>>><br>
>>> Looking forward to it!<br>
>>><br>
>>> ~Kyle<br>
>>><br>
>>><br>
>>> On Tue, Nov 11, 2008 at 1:42 PM, Mike McGonagle <<a href="mailto:mjmogo@gmail.com">mjmogo@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
>>>><br>
>>>> Ok, last night I just assumed that we are going to shoot for December<br>
>>>> 14th, and I put together a flyer with all the pertinent information<br>
>>>> (short of the names of people being there)...<br>
>>>><br>
>>>> Let me know if you think this will work for you, or do we need another<br>
>>>> date?<br>
>>>><br>
>>>> Also, as this is the first event, should we open it to a wider<br>
>>>> audience? Or should we build slowly?<br>
>>>><br>
>>>><br>
>>>> Mike<br>
>>>><br>
>>>><br>
>>>> On Mon, Nov 10, 2008 at 7:51 PM, Mike McGonagle <<a href="mailto:mjmogo@gmail.com">mjmogo@gmail.com</a>><br>
>>>> wrote:<br>
>>>>><br>
>>>>> Thank you, Chris. This will be very helpful. I have already contacted<br>
>>>>> two groups who might have similar interests, they are not directly<br>
>>>>> involved with Pd, but they do have people who I think would want to<br>
>>>>> see what others are doing.<br>
>>>>><br>
>>>>> Mike<br>
>>>>><br>
>>>>><br>
>>>>> On Mon, Nov 10, 2008 at 7:43 PM, chris clepper <<a href="mailto:cgclepper@gmail.com">cgclepper@gmail.com</a>><br>
>>>>> wrote:<br>
>>>>>><br>
>>>>>> There have been Pd user groups in Chicago in the past. One used to<br>
>>>>>> meet at<br>
>>>>>> Deadtech, but I think Rob Ray is currently at RPI. Before that there<br>
>>>>>> was a<br>
>>>>>> Max user group that also encompassed Pd and SuperCollider which I<br>
>>>>>> helped<br>
>>>>>> start out many years ago ('98 or so).<br>
>>>>>><br>
>>>>>> You may want to contact the Chicago New Media google group:<br>
>>>>>><br>
>>>>>><br>
>>>>>> <a href="http://groups.google.com/group/Chicago-new-media?lnk=srg&ie=UTF-8&oe=utf-8&pli=1" target="_blank">http://groups.google.com/group/Chicago-new-media?lnk=srg&ie=UTF-8&oe=utf-8&pli=1</a><br>
>>>>>><br>
>>>>>> Also, look up Drew Browning at UIC and Robb Drinkwater at SAIC who are<br>
>>>>>> into<br>
>>>>>> such things. Paul Hertz is up at Northwestern, and there might be<br>
>>>>>> someone<br>
>>>>>> at U of Chicago too.<br>
>>>>>><br>
>>>>>><br>
>>>>>><br>
>>>>><br>
>>>>><br>
>>>>><br>
>>>>> --<br>
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>>>>> we have, every quality, every strength, every dream, every high ideal.<br>
>>>>> —Yehudi Menuhin (1916–1999), musician<br>
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>>>> we have, every quality, every strength, every dream, every high ideal.<br>
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